Degenerate Art Ensemble Perform Underbelly

The Degenerate Art Ensemble performed "Underbelly" at the Seattle Center on October 5-6, 2012. I captured the following visual impressions on the second night:

Gob Squad at On The Boards

Gob Squad, a group of Berlin-based performance and video artists, presented "Gob Squad's Kitchen (You've Never Had It So Good)," at Seattle's On The Boards, in September, 2012. 

Attending the September 28 performance without much knowledge of Gob Squad, I was surprised to find myself in the performance, having been asked by a regular cast member during the show to come on stage and equipped with a headphones and a mic. Several other audience members were also asked into the action.

I returned the next night with my camera during sound check for capture visual impressions of the set, underlying technology and cast:

KESEY/POLLOCK Studio Visit

I visited the studio of Steph Kesey and Erin Pollock, on October 22, 2012, to find out more about the artists and the goals of their Kickstarter Campaign. Working in collaboration, Erin and Steph cast wax "to make visual poems that tell human stories." Click the Kickstart Campaign link above to find out more and to watch the artists describe their Seattle project in a video. After my discussion with the artists, I recommend that you consider supporting this project.

Steph Kesey

Erin Pollock

If the table above, lying on its side in the studio, looks familiar, you may have seen it at the Seattle Art Museum Set The Table event this past summer, in the Olympic Sculpture Park.

Jack DeJohnette Group at Monterey Jazz Festival

September 21, 2012

Jack DeJohnette - drums
Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto saxophone
David Fiuczynski - double-neck guitar
George Colligan - keyboards and piano
Jerome Harris - electric and acoustic bass guitars

Mulgrew Miller Trio at Monterey Jazz Festival

September 21, 2012

Mulgrew Miller - piano
Derrick Hodge - bass
Rodney Green - drums